Rebecca

President Barack Obama presents the 2012 National Teacher of the Year award to Rebecca Mieliwocki, who teaches at Luther Burbank Middle School, on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington.

President Barack Obama presents the 2012 National Teacher of the Year award to Rebecca Mieliwocki, who teaches at Luther Burbank Middle School, on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama presents the 2012 National Teacher of the Year award to Rebecca Mieliwocki, who teaches at Luther Burbank Middle School, on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington.AP Photo / Charles Dharapak